Will Romania add energy storage to its solar PV portfolio?

A 70MWh project from DNO and IPP Electrica won a €3.4 million grant in September while IPP Econergy told Energy-Storage.news at Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe (CEE) 2024 that it was planning to add energy storage to its large solar PV portfolio in Romania. See recent coverage of the Romanian energy storage market here.

Is monsson launching a patented energy storage system in Romania?

The firm’s 24MWh BESS under construction in Romania, which came online earlier this year. Image: Monsson. IPP and energy trader Monsson has kicked off the environmental permit process for a 2GWh BESS project in Romania, which an executive said will use its own patented energy storage solution.

Which companies are deploying large-scale Bess in Romania?

The company has long-term plans to expand that site to 216MWh of energy storage capacity. Numerous other firms are also deploying large-scale BESS in the country. According to the reports on Monsson’s project, Public Power Corp (PPC), Megalodon Storage, AOT Energy and EDPR Romania all have projects in the single-digit MW/MWh size.

Could monsson use Northvolt batteries in Romania?

Sweden’s ambassador to Romania attended Monsson’s 24MWh project inauguration and Enache said at the time that Monsson was considering projects in Sweden, which could use Northvolt’s batteries. Monsson is also close to expanding the 24MWh project to 96MWh, with testing on the additional capacity due soon.